Militarie Gun announce new album God Save the Gun

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It’s solely been two years since Militarie Gun launched their breakout debut album, Life Underneath the Gun, but when their frontman Ian Shelton, they by no means keep stagnant for lengthy. At the moment, the alt-rock crew simply introduced their sophomore follow-up, God Save the Gun, out Oct. 17 through Loma Vista Recordings.

“I’m nicely conscious that being this weak turns my private trauma right into a advertising and marketing hook for this album,” Shelton says. “However I’m fantastic with it, if not frightening it. Over the previous couple years, as I spoke about dependancy from the attitude of somebody affected by it, I grew to become the one battling it. There’s a farcical logic to coming into a scenario, totally figuring out the implications, and doing it anyway — however that’s the place my head was after I began leaning on consuming.”

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Made with Riley MacIntyre, God Save the Gun consists of final yr’s anxiousness ballad “Thought You Have been Waving” and their newest single “B A D I D E A,” which comes with a video directed by Shelton. “I needed to make a video that was a celebration of vices, a brand new iteration of your self wanting again at a second you made a mistake whereas by no means actually reflecting,” he provides. “This was essentially the most technically difficult video we’ve ever completed, and it solely matches a tune spelling out the phrases ‘unhealthy thought.’”

Following a present with Gorilla Biscuits and Riot Fest in September, Militarie Gun will go on a brief headlining tour throughout the West Coast. They’ll be supported by Demise Lens, MILLY, Angel Du$t, and Fleshwater on choose dates. See the total routing right here.